Macro- and microplastics as complex threats to coral reef ecosystems

High Heterotrophic Plasticity of Massive Coral Porites pukoensis Contributes to Its Tolerance to Bioaccumulated Microplastics

(2023) Zhi Zhou et al.   Environmental Science & Technology

Microplastics alter feeding strategies of a coral reef organism

(2022) Marlena Joppien et al.   Limnology and Oceanography Letters

Microplastics: impacts on corals and other reef organisms

(2022) Olga Pantos   Emerging Topics in Life Sciences

First detection of microplastics in reef-building corals from a Maldivian atoll

(2022) Clarissa Raguso et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine litter in submarine canyons: A systematic review and critical synthesis

(2022) Ivan Hernandez et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

The Global Plastic Toxicity Debt

(2021) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Coral annual growth band impregnated microplastics (Porites sp.): a first investigation report

(2021) S. Krishnakumar et al.   WETLANDS ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Microplastics impair growth in two atlantic scleractinian coral species, Pseudodiploria clivosa and Acropora cervicornis

(2021) Cheryl Hankins et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Distribution of seafloor litter and its interaction with benthic organisms in deep waters of the Ligurian Sea (Northwestern Mediterranean)

(2021) Angiolillo Michela et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Prevalence of small high-density microplastics in the continental shelf and deep sea waters of East Asia

(2021) Soeun Eo et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Multiple impacts of microplastics can threaten marine habitat-forming species

(2021) Cinzia Corinaldesi et al.   Communications Biology

Global Plastic Pollution Observation System to Aid Policy

(2021) Michael S. Bank et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastic Products Leach Chemicals That Induce In Vitro Toxicity under Realistic Use Conditions

(2021) Lisa Zimmermann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic and artificial cellulose microfibers ingestion by reef fishes in the Guarapari Islands, southwestern Atlantic

(2021) Raphael M. Macieira et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in polar regions: An early warning to the world's pristine ecosystem

(2021) Amit K. Mishra et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Accumulation of microplastics in a downstream area of a semi-enclosed bay: Implications of input from coastal currents

(2021) Kai Liu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in mangroves and coral reef ecosystems: a review

(2021) Juliana John et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

Reef‐building corals act as long‐term sink for microplastic

(2021) Jessica Reichert et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Characterization and environmental impacts of microplastics

(2021) Hao Du et al.   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Microplastics impair the feeding performance of a Mediterranean habitat-forming coral

(2020) Beatrice Savinelli et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Investigating the composition and distribution of microplastics surface biofilms in coral areas

(2020) Limin Feng et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Analytical methods and environmental processes of nanoplastics

(2020) Peng Li et al.   Journal of Environmental Sciences-China

Microplastic pollution around remote uninhabited coral reefs of Nansha Islands, South China Sea

(2020) Fei Tan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Spatial distribution of microplastics around an inhabited coral island in the Maldives, Indian Ocean

(2020) Toby B. Patti et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic's role in antibiotic resistance

(2020) Michael S. Bank et al.   SCIENCE

Microplastics in the coral reefs and their potential impacts on corals: A mini-review

(2020) Wei Huang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a Definition and Categorization Framework for Plastic Debris

(2019) Nanna B. Hartmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The Plastic Cycle: A Novel and Holistic Paradigm for the Anthropocene

(2019) Michael S. Bank et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in the Coral Reef Systems from Xisha Islands of South China Sea

(2019) Jinfeng Ding et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Patterns, dynamics and consequences of microplastic ingestion by the temperate coral, Astrangia poculata

(2019) Randi D. Rotjan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Long-term aquaria study suggests species-specific responses of two cold-water corals to macro-and microplastics exposure

(2019) Vincent Mouchi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Distribution characteristics of microplastics in Zhubi Reef from South China Sea

(2019) Youjia Huang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Adhesion to coral surface as a potential sink for marine microplastics

(2019) Cecilia Martin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution in water and fish samples around Nanxun Reef in Nansha Islands, South China Sea

(2019) Huayue Nie et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic exposure represses the growth of endosymbiotic dinoflagellate Cladocopium goreaui in culture through affecting its apoptosis and metabolism

(2019) Yilu Su et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Responses of reef building corals to microplastic exposure

(2018) Jessica Reichert et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Comparisons of microplastic pollution between mudflats and sandy beaches in Hong Kong

(2018) Hoi-Shing Lo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Marine litter disrupts ecological processes in reef systems

(2018) Gustavo F. de Carvalho-Souza et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics disturb the anthozoan-algae symbiotic relationship

(2018) Nami Okubo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic waste associated with disease on coral reefs

(2018) Joleah B. Lamb et al.   SCIENCE

Turning microplastics into nanoplastics through digestive fragmentation by Antarctic krill

(2018) Amanda L. Dawson et al.   Nature Communications

Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages

(2018) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Macro- and microplastics affect cold-water corals growth, feeding and behaviour

(2018) L. Chapron et al.   Scientific Reports

Preliminary study of the source apportionment and diversity of microplastics: Taking floating microplastics in the South China Sea as an example

(2018) Teng Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Chemoreception drives plastic consumption in a hard coral

(2017) Austin S. Allen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Exceptional and rapid accumulation of anthropogenic debris on one of the world’s most remote and pristine islands

(2017) Jennifer L. Lavers et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Dangerous hitchhikers? Evidence for potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. on microplastic particles

(2016) Inga V. Kirstein et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Effects of Toxic Leachate from Commercial Plastics on Larval Survival and Settlement of the Barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite

(2015) Heng-Xiang Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic ingestion by scleractinian corals

(2015) N. M. Hall et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Marine litter on the floor of deep submarine canyons of the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea: The role of hydrodynamic processes

(2015) Xavier Tubau et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Warm-water coral reefs and climate change

(2015) Mark D. Spalding et al.   SCIENCE

Climate change impedes scleractinian corals as primary reef ecosystem engineers

(2013) Christian Wild et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH